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Young in care love the countryside

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  • Tuesday, November 6, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Looked-after children think fish 'n' chips and the countryside are the best things about life in England, but say smoking restrictions and the weather are the worst.

Social workers fear speaking out

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  • Tuesday, July 14, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Children's social workers are being gagged from speaking about failings in their department to avoid the glare of the media, a union leader has claimed.

Estranged teens miss out on benefits

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  • Tuesday, November 13, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Young people are losing out on benefits because Jobcentre staff are not following official guidelines, a benefits expert has told CYP Now.

Failure to meet fostering costs

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  • Tuesday, October 9, 2007
    • | CYP Now
More than half of England's local authorities are failing to pay foster carers enough to cover their costs, forcing them to dip into their own pockets or see the children they care for go without, according to research.

Tories might cut commissioner

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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Shadow children's minister Tim Loughton has branded Maggie Atkinson's appointment as England's children's commissioner a "farce" and indicated the Conservatives could scrap the role if they gain power.

Child protection spend must increase

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  • Tuesday, August 12, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Social care professionals are calling on the Scottish Government to use its planned reforms to the children's hearings system to increase spending on child protection.

Most LSCBs neglect issue of sexual exploitation

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  • Monday, October 18, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Less than a quarter of local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) in England have a strategy to protect children from sexual exploitation, according to research by the University of Bedfordshire.

Managing the Media: Social workers speak up

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  • Wednesday, July 14, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Social workers have been unfairly vilified in many sections of the press, but some are fighting back and learning to talk to journalists on their own terms, writes Tom de Castella.

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